City orders all slot machines out by April first
Mayor Fleischmann announced a citywide prohibition of slot machines, directing the removal from 2,000 saloons and hundreds of stores by April 1. Proprietors will be officially notified. enforcement aims to end gambling, with court records used if needed, despite concerns about job losses and trade decline.
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Commercial Tribune
Millikin
D. J. Dalton
John Valerius
Henry Homer
Henry Doeger
Liquor League of
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Young mother confesses she cremated baby
Thelma Stone of Columbus, in Indianapolis since January, admits she wrapped her infant in a blanket and placed it in a furnace. Accessories Marie Earl Ruby Woods Leona Johnson Ottie Harbin are jailed as police say the child, perhaps three days old, was murdered. The physician who treated Stone is not yet arrested.
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Epecia
Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Thelma Stone
Columbus
Marie Earl
Ruby Woods
Leona Johnson
Ottie Harbin
Miss Stone
Leona Johnsone
Republicans Split Over Santo Domingo Treaty Ratification
Republican leaders in the Senate debate whether to withdraw the Santo Domingo treaty as Democrats oppose it and two thirds are needed for ratification. A plan to adjourn without action looms, while others push for a commission on the debt. Debate shows party lines, with Republicans supporting and Democrats opposing the pact.
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Cullom
Committee On Foreign Relations
Santo Domingo
Eaen
Uni
Great Storm Causes Drownings and Coastal Damage in England
A hurricane like storm battered the Irish and English coasts. The Kyber was wrecked off the Cornish coast with 23 drowned and 3 saved after sailing from Melbourne for Queenstown. The Irish Sea saw extensive damage and fears for fishing fleets. Royal family departure from Portsmouth to Lisbon was postponed.
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Melbourne
Australia
Queenstown
Ireland
United Kingdom
London Mineritssis
Queen Alexandra
Princess Victoria
Portsmouth
Lisbon
Portugal
Mystery of three husbands in New York court
In Morrissania Police Court nineteen year old William H. Ellicott alleged his wife Josephine has lived with two other husbands for years. A gold horseshoe pin cited as gifts to the rival spouses supports the claim as evidence. Three marriage certificates may be offered at the next hearing. Josephine appealed for honesty as the case proceeds.
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Commercial Tribuné
New York
William H. Ellicott
East 118Th Street
Morrissania
Josephine
William Ellicott
Hachman
Anetinga
Baker
Pila
Clevenger
Maiden Lane
Tramp Receives 1000 Great Dollars For Lost Diamond Brooch
A New York tramp returns Mrs. Ward’s diamond brooch found at Garrick Theater earning a New York banknote worth 2090 dollars. He fears change, refuses to reveal name, and wanders Bowery and Hell's Kitchen as he contemplates what to do with the money.
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Commercial Tribune
New
York
New York
T. Edwin Ward
Garrick Theater
Bowery
Hell's Kitchen
Patterson Trial Begins April 10
Nan Patterson will face a new trial on murder charges in the Caesar Young case. The District Attorney's office announced the second trial would commence April 10 after the first jury was discharged due to illness and another panel could not agree.
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Sperial Dianatch
Commercial Tribune
New York
Nan Patterson
Caesar Young
Roosevelt May Sup Here on Louisville Trip
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports the Confederate Veterans Bastin Camp accepting an escort role for President Roosevelt during his Louisville visit on April 4. Arrival time and stay are unannounced pending Washington notice, with possible train arrival via Cincinnati and a stop of about one hour in Louisville or in Cincinnati if routed through the Queen City. Governor James B. Frazier later nominated for U S Senator by Democratic caucus in Nashville.
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Theorge B. Bastin
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Hayes
Washington
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Louisville Nashville
Queen City
Commercial Tribune
Nashville
James B. Frazier
Benton McMillin
Robert L. Taylor
Frazier 13 Chosen by Democrats in State Caucus
A party caucus defeated a motion to adjourn as Frazier forces gained momentum. Governor Frazier's nomination followed amid enthusiasm, with the Legislature largely Democratic and set to approve his election. John S. Cox will succeed him as governor after the March 21 joint assembly.
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McLgufin
Eaowerner
McMillin
Ligon
Wm. B. Bate
John S. Cox
Sullivan County
State Senate
Mrs. Chadwick Visits Former Home in Cleveland Despair
Mrs. Chadwick, escorted by two U S Marshals, left the county jail for a farewell visit to her old Cleveland residence. She selected four to five thousand dollars of clothing claimed as exempt, provoking protest from trustee Nathan Loeser who called it bad taste given creditors’ losses. A brief encounter with Dr Chadwick ended with tears and a five minute reunion. He expressed hope she could prove the charges false.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Chadwick
United States
Taylor
Federal Court
Woman Pleads Guilty to Poison Plot in Sandusky
Mrs. Anna Strickfaden admits attempting to poison her husband William by Paris green in a pie. Her plea followed seven letters to Charles McCauley, charged with complicity, readings revealing frantic love notes and requests to act on the plan.
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Commercial Tribune
Sandusky
Anna Strickfaden
William
Paris Green
Chas. McCauley
NOGI'S VETERANS SURROUNDED BY GEN LINOVITCH
Fighters march north to The Pass and are reported cut off. Allied reports claim 22 Japanese battle ships approaching Singapore. Europathia repulses a fierce attack at Fan River with heavy enemy casualties.
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Nogi
Gen
Linovitch
Europathia
Fan River
Japanese Advance and Rumors Reach Global Ports
Bulletin from Newchwang reports Japanese occupation of Tie Pass at midnight. St Petersburg notes Linovitch’s success against Nogi’s Port Arthur veterans, surrounding two divisions moving west of Tie Pass. London cites a Lloyds dispatch that the Hongwan sailed past twenty two Japanese warships near Horsburgh at the Straits of Malacca.
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Linovitch
Nogi
Port Arthur
Tie Pass
Oyama
London
Lloyd’s
Singapore
Horsburgh
Straits of Malacca
Russian Front Updates From Tie Pass and Mukden
dispatches dated March 15 16 describe fierce Japanese attacks at Fan River and near Tie Pass repulsed with heavy Russian casualties. reports say flanking moves continue and Mukden siege impacts logistics as censors relocate and foreign correspondents face press restrictions.
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ST. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Fan River
Tie Pass
Togo's Fleet In Track Of Russian Squadron
London March 15 The appearance of Vice Admiral Togo's fleet in the track near Vladivostok is the day’s most interesting news. It is unclear if Togo is aboard. The Daily Mail’s Singapore correspondent says officers were reticent and two Japanese officers met the Consul. Rojestvensky’s squadron remains off Madagascar as ice melts, with a decision awaited on whether to head to Vladivostok or return to Russia.
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Vladivostok
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